Conflict Transformation and the Palestinians

Alpaslan Özerdem is Professor of Peacebuilding and Co-Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK. He is the author/editor of eight books, including most recently International Peacebuilding: An Introduction (Routledge, 2015).Chuck Thiessen is Research Fellow in Peacebuilding at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK.Mufid Qassoum is Vice President for International Relations at the Arab American University of Jenin in Palestine.

• 1. The Evolution of Conflict Transformation: Theory and Practice in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Chuck Thiessen2. The Glocal Spatial Dynamics of the ‘Zionist/Israeli–Arab/Palestinian’ Conflict and its Glocal Transformation, Mufid QassoumPart I – Transformational strategies under occupation3. Rights-Based Approaches to the Return of Palestinian Refugees, Maya al-Orzza and Manar Makhoul4. Human Rights as a Tool for Conflict Transformation: The Cases of the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and Local Unarmed Popular Resistance, Ana Sánchez and Patricia Sellick5. A Critical and Historical Assessment of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in Palestine, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh6. Struggling Against the Occupation: Nonviolent International Interventions for Conflict Transformation in Palestine, Diego Checa Hidalgo7. A Means to Conflict Transformation: Social Capital as a Force for Palestinian Communities, Raffaella Y. Nanetti8. Cyber-Conflict and Resistance in Israel and the Occupied Territory, Khalid Rabayah and Chas MorrisonPart II - Transformational actors9. Consumer Resistance or Resisting Consumption?: The Case of Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Aurélie Bröckerhoff10. Religion, Politics, and Conflict Transformation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mohammed Abu-Nimer and Timothy Seidel11. Occupied Experiences: Displays of Alternative Resistance in Works by Palestinian and Jewish Israeli Artists, Eser Selen12. The Transformative Potential of the Palestinian University Student Youth Movement, Ayman Yousef and Razan Abu Libdeh13. Israeli Peace and Solidarity Organizations, Marwan Darweish14. Humanitarian Organizations and International Humanitarian Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Aleksandra Godziejewska15. Internationally Sponsored Conflict Resolution Programming for Youth in the Gaza Strip, Ibrahim NatilConclusion16. The Future of Conflict Transformation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Alpaslan Özerdem